166 Quotes by Shirley Manson

A lot of my friends are artists or musicians or single parent families and I’m totally aware of how difficult it is for them to make ends meet.

You don’t really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men.

I just want to live my life a little freely and not adhere to any schedule – just make music and have fun.

I feel the same way I did when I was in school. I’m having the same insecurities.

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people BOW DOWN to them. To me, that’s frightful behaviour.

I’ve always been an outsider. I am an outsider in Garbage. I’m the odd one out by default.

You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people’s bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music.

It’s unhealthy for people to never express any kind of negativity or doubt. To have balance, you need to address that side of your thoughts as well as the positive. Otherwise, you tend toward crazy.

It is YOU who is so busy disrespecting artistry. You disrespect your own remarkable talents and more importantly you disrespect the talent, hard work, and tenacity of all artists when you go so rudely and savagely after such an accomplished and humble artist like BECK.